All 4 Uses
abject
in
Heart of Darkness
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- He steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk, and would let that cripple of a steamboat get the upper hand of him in a minute.†
Chpt 2 *abject = extreme
- At the sudden screech there was a movement of abject terror through that wedged mass of bodies.†
Chpt 3
- I remembered his abject pleading, his abject threats, the colossal scale of his vile desires, the meanness, the torment, the tempestuous anguish of his soul.†
Chpt 3
- I remembered his abject pleading, his abject threats, the colossal scale of his vile desires, the meanness, the torment, the tempestuous anguish of his soul.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(abject) extreme (in a negative sense such as misery, hopelessness, submissiveness, cruelty, or cowardice)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)